Bearclaw Valley asa no mori

Keiko formally received the hares with both of her paws outstretched and bowed her crown in thanks. =“You are mighty,”= she sincerely complimented as here eyes closed in high esteem.

Effortlessly, she dragged a claw around each rabbit hock and pulled the pelts from their bodies in one stroke. She set aside their naked flesh to bleed dry upon a low-lying, mossy stone. It was then she recognized the Okami’s needs.

Quickly, she gathered a rough sponge of lichen and aromatic leaves of the Akai Ki.

“Onegaishimasu,” she said and gestured to the pool Hokkyokusei-sama regarded. She led him to the water’s edge and put her own small feet in, ready to help purify his holy robe of earthly matter.